Type-line-cutting attachment.



'1. F. HARB IN. TYPE LINE CUTTING ATTACHMENT.

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TYPE LINE CUTTING ATTACHMENT.

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JAMES F. HABBIN, GE STATESVILLE, NORTH CARGLINA, ASSIGNGR 0E ONE-EIGHTH TO THOS. M. DALE AND GIlE-IEGURT'H. TO L. CORNELIUS, BOTH OF STATESVILLE,

NORTH CAEGLINA.

TYPE-LINECUTTING ATTAGl-IMEE'E.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 14, 1916,

Application filed July 23, 1915 Serial Ho. 131,553.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES F. HARBIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Statesville, in the county of lredell, State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Type-Line- Cutting Attachments; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to type line cutters for type setting machines and is adapted for use in connection with all type setting ma chines casting a line.

It is also my purpose to provide an attachment of the type named which can be readily associated with a type setting machineand actuated through the medium of connection with a movable part of the machine and when so associated will receive the slug from the delivery slide, out the slug to the desired length and eject same after being out into the usual galley, the waste portion out from the slug being also ejected to another locality.

It is my further purpose to provide an attachment of the type named which will be simple in construction, easily applied, ellicient in use, cheap to manufacture, and which will completely avoid the necessity of removing the slugs from the galley an cutting same to the desired length through the medium of a manual or mechanical saw.

It is also my purpose to provide an at tachment of the type named which will cut the slug cleanly without tearing, or leaving a ragged edge which would necessitate subsequent trimming.

With these and other purposes in view the invention consists in the details of construe tion and in the arrangement and combination or parts to be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing the invention in detail peference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters of refer- 'ence denote corresponding parts in the sev eral views, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the attachment associated with a type setting machine and connected with a moving part of the machine to effect the mechanical actuation of the attachment; F i 2, an enlarged. section on the line 2- 2 of Fig. 1 Fig. 2, enlarged section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. i, a view similar to Fig. 3

with the parts of the attachment in the posit on they would occupy just after the operation of cutting the slug is complete; Fig.

5, an enlarged section on the line 5-5 of 31g. 1; Fig. 6, a view looking at the inner side of the fixed member of the attachment;

F1 Z, view looking at the inner side of the movable member of the attachment and Ftig. 8, a perspective view of the adjustable s op.

Referring to the drawings 10-indicates the delivery slide of a type setting machine and 11 one of the cams thereof.

My attachment is shown as comprising a fixed mcmberA. and a movable member B, both of said members being in the form of substantially flat rectangular plates, The fixed member A is provided with an angular pro ection 12 at one corncrthrough the medium of which the member is secured directly tothe delivery sli'd 10. Formed. on the inner side of the member A is a rib 13 which is extended over the projection 12. Also formed in the inner side of the membar A is a transverse groove which intersects the rib 13 and divides the latter into two sections 15 and 16. The outer face of each section 15 and 16 is beveled as at 17 for a purpose that will presently appear. It

ill be noted that the rib 13 is so disposed that it will constitute a slide for the slug" when it is delivered from the slide 10 of the machine. Formed in the member A parallel to the rib 13 is a slot 18 and on either side of this slot in the outer face of the member are ratchet teeth 19. Slidably mounted in the slot 18 is a stop 0 which includes ahead 20 and a foot 21 connected together by a" stem The head 20 is disposed adjacent the outer face of the member A and is provided with a tooth% adapted for coopera- It will also A. To adjust the stop C it is only necessary to lift the head'20 carrying the tooth 23 against the influence of the spring 24 and then move the stop to the desired position. Upon releasing the head 20 the tooth 23 will again be forced into cooperative relation with the teeth 19 to hold the stop in its adjusted position.

Formed in the member A adjacentthe edge .of the member remote from the rib 13 is a slot D extending parallel to the rib 13 and divided into sections 25 and 26 by a plate 27 mounted in the member A in line with the groove 14. Secured to the member A and extending across the slot B isa plurality of spring fingers 28 which are curved away from the inner face of the member A and are of course tensioned'when the free ends thereof are forced toward the member. Secured to the ends of the member A parallel to the groove 14 and against the inner face of said member in spaced relation to said inner face are guides 29 and 30 between which is slidably mounted the member B.

Formed in the inner face of the member ,B are recesses 31 and 32 disposed in spaced relation to each other and in alinement. Secured to the inner face of the member B and extending across the recess 31 is a plurality of resilient fingers 33 the free ends of which are connected by a strip 34 having a beveled face 35 adapted to cooperate with the beveled face 17 of the strip section. 15 in a manner that will hereinafter appear. It will be noted that the free ends of the fingers 33 and the strip 34 can be depressed into the recess 31. Also secured to the inner face ofthe member B and extending across the recess 32 is a plurality of spring fingers 36 the free ends of which are connected by a strip 37 having a beveled face 38 adapted to cooperate with the beveled face 17 of the strip section 16 as will hereinafter appear. be noted that the free ends of the fingers 36 and thestri-p 37 can be depressed into the recess 32. Formed in the inner face of the member B between therecesses 31 and 32 is a groove 38 in which is mounted a rotatable cutter 39 a portion of which projects into the groove 14 'of the member A.

Formed on the member B is a relatively wide rib 40 which engages the free ends of the fingers 28 at the termination of the cut ting stroke of the member B to positively eject the cut slug and the'wast'e through respective sections 25 and 26 ofthe slot 1) Assuming the parts to be in the position shown in Fig. l the operation is as follows- The stop 0 is set the desired distance from the cutter 39. When the molded slug is discharged from the slide 10 it will pass between the members-A and B and along'the rib 13 until it strikes the foot 21 of the stop. It will be here noted that a rod 41 is slid ably mounted on the machine and has one end in operative engagement with the cam 11. The other end of the rod 41 is pivot- 'ally connected to a lever 42 mounted upon the machine and this lever is in turn con nected to the member B by a link 43. After the slug has been delivered to the attachment as previously described the cam 11 will operate to force the rod 21 longitudinally and rock the lever 42. This movement of the lever 42 will slide the member B relaand the part out off shall have passed over the strip 37. When this operation has been completed the cam 11 releases therod 41 to the influence of a spring 43 which automatically moves the rod in the opposite direction. This movement of the rod will of course effect movement of the member B to the position shown in Fig. 1. As the member B moves under the influence of the actuation of the rod 41 by the spring 43 the strips 34 and 37 will carry with them respectively the slug and waste, said slug and waste during this movement of the member B being disposed respectively on theouter sides of the fingers 33 and 36. As this movement of the member B continues the slug and waste will eventually be brought into alinement with the slot sections 25 and 26 respectively and finally ejected through said slot sections by engagement of the free ends of the fingers 28 with the rib 40. A galley issuitably disposed to receive the cut slug when ejected through the slot section 25. This operation is repeated successively as the actuation of the type setting machine is continued.

It will be observed that while I have described one form of carrying the invention into practice I desire it to be understood that various changes in the details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts can'be resort d to without departing from the spirit an scope of-the invention as defined in the appended claims.

What is claimed is z- 1. A type line cutting attachment for type setting machines comprising slidably connected members adapted to receive a slug to be cut therebetween, means carried by one of the members and operating to cut the slug setting machines comprising slidably connected members adapted to receive a slug to be cut therebetween, a rotary cutter carried by one of the members and operating to cut the slug when the last named member is' moved in one direction, and means operated by movement of the last named member in the opposite direction to eject the cut portions of the slug frbm between the members.

&. Atype line cutting attachment for type setting machines comprising slidabiy con nected members adapted to receive a slug to be cut therebetween, one of said members i .being provided with discharge openings through which the cut portions of the slug are adapted to be ejected, ,means carried by the other member and operating to cut the slug when thelast named member is moved in one direction, and means carried Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

by the last named member adapted to engage the cut portions of the slug during opposite movement of the last named memher and move said portion with the member to the openings in the first named member for ejection therethrough.

5. A type line cutting attachment for type setting machines comprising sh'dably connected members adapted to receive a slug to be cut therebetween, one of said members being provided with a discharge opening through which the out portions of the slug are adapted to be ejected, means carried by the other member and operating to cut the slug when the'last named member is moved in one direction, means carried by the last named member adapted to engage the cut portions of the slug during opposite movement of the last named member and move said portions with the member to the openings in the first named member, and means for ejecting the cut portions of the slug through said opening.

In testimony whereof, Laffix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES F. HARBIN. Witnesses:

R; T. WEATHERMAN, L. P. BALLARD;

Washington, D. C. 

